Drop that hot dog. America goes vegan. We look at the trend with Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Mollie Katzen, and more.

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For years and years, to be vegan was to be well outside the American mainstream.

On TV Americans heard “Beef: it’s what’s for dinner,” while vegans ate no meat, no fish, no eggs, no dairy – for some not even honey. Nothing that would exploit an animal, never mind keep a steakhouse or burger joint running.

But things change, and suddenly vegans and veganism seem to be everywhere. Some Americans going all the way. Some toe-dipping. It’s a remarkable moment, a remarkable shift.